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John Collins may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• John Collins (painter), British painter
• John Collins (poet) (1742–1808), English orator, singer, and poet
• John Churton Collins (1848–1908), English literary critic
• John H. Collins (director) (1889–1918), American director and screenwriter
• John Collins (jazz guitarist) (1913–2001), American jazz guitarist
• John Collins (cartoonist) (1917–2007), Canadian cartoonist
• Johnny Collins (1938–2009), British folksinger
• John D. Collins (born 1942), British actor known for Allo 'Allo
• John Collins (theatre director) (born 1969), American experimental theater director
• John Collins (Australian musician) (born 1971), bass guitarist for Powderfinger
• John Collins (musician/researcher), musician in the West African music scene

Military

• John Collins (Bengal Army officer) (died 1807), British colonel in the Bengal Native Infantry
• John Collins (VC) (1880–1951), English sergeant who was awarded a Victoria Cross
• John Augustine Collins (1899–1989), Royal Australian Navy officer

Politics

American politicians

• John Collins (Continental Congress) (1717–1795), Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress
• John Collins (governor) (1776–1822), American manufacturer and Governor of Delaware
• John Collins (Seattle politician) (1835–1903), American politician and businessman
• John F. Collins (mayor of Providence) (1872–1962), mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, 1939–1941
• John F. Collins (1919–1995), mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, 1960–1968

Other politicians

• John Collins (died 1597), MP for Hythe
• John Collins (Andover MP) (1624–1711), English academic and politician
• John Collins (Surveyor General) (died 1795), Surveyor General of Provincial Canada
• John Collins (Canadian politician) (1922–2016), physician and politician in Newfoundland, Canada
• John Henry Collins (1880–1952), nationalist politician and solicitor in Northern Ireland

Religion

• John Collins (Independent minister) (c. 1632–1687), English Independent minister
• John J. Collins (bishop) (1856–1934), American-born Catholic bishop in Jamaica
• John Collins (priest) (1905–1982), radical Anglican canon at St Paul's Cathedral
• John A. Collins (chaplain) (1931–2003), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
• John Collins (nuncio) (1889–1961), Irish bishop and diplomat in Liberia
• John T. C. B. Collins (1925–2022), Anglican priest and leading figure in the charismatic movement

Sports

Association football

• John Collins (footballer, born 1942), English professional footballer
• John Collins (footballer, born 1945), English professional footballer and manager
• John Collins (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2020), Welsh professional footballer
• John Collins (footballer, born 1968), Scottish international footballer and manager

Other sports

• John Collins (New Zealand cricketer) (1868–1943), New Zealand cricketer
• Shano Collins (John Francis Collins, 1885–1955), American baseball player
• John Collins (Fijian cricketer) (fl. 1895), Fijian cricketer
• John W. Collins (1912–2001), American chess player
• John Collins (rugby union) (1939–2007), New Zealand rugby union player
• John Collins (sports executive) (born 1961), COO of the National Hockey League
• John Collins (rower) (born 1989), British rower
• John Collins (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player in the NBA
• Jon Collins (born 1960s), American basketball player in the 1980s
• Johnny Collins (sprinter), winner of the 2000 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

Other people

• John Collins (mathematician) (1625–1683), English mathematician
• John Baptist Collins (died 1794), French pirate
• John Collins (merchant) (died 1795), merchant in Quebec
• John A. Collins (1810–1900), American abolitionist and utopian from Skaneateles Community
• John Collins Covell (1823–1887), American educator and school administrator
• John S. Collins (1837–1928), American Quaker farmer who moved to southern Florida
• John H. Collins (academic) (1902–1981), American classical scholar
• John Collins (British businessman) (born 1941), former head of National Power
• John Joseph Collins (born 1944), Irish barrister
• John J. Collins (born 1946), Irish biblical studies scholar
• John Norman Collins (born 1947), perpetrator of the Michigan murders
• John C. Collins (born 1949), American theoretical particle physicist
• John A. Collins (abolitionist) (1810–1879), American abolitionist
• C. John Collins, American academic and professor of Old Testament

Other uses

• John Collins (cocktail), an alcoholic beverage

See also

• John Collins-Muhammad (born 1991), American politician
• Jon R. Collins (1923–1987), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
• Collins (surname)
• Jack Collins (disambiguation)
• John Collings (disambiguation)
• Sean Collins (disambiguation)
• Collins John (born 1985), Dutch footballer